WOLVES hot-shot Sylvan Ebanks-Blake admits this afternoon’s mouthwatering FA Cup tie with Blues has even more zing because the two sides are neck and neck at the top of the Championship.

Mick McCarthy’s side are seven points clear of Alex McLeish’s Blues and the two sides will lay their promotion campaigns to one side to concentrate on Cup glory.

Ebanks-Blake, who brought his tally for goals this season to 15 on Monday with a penalty in Wolves’ 2-2 draw with Blackpool at Bloomfield Road, insists Wolves fancy a Cup run.

And he says while their priority is the league, he would not dismiss the chance to get some experience of the FA Cup competition. He said: “If we can get a cup run going then great but if it amounts to just one game then it amounts to one.

‘‘That is football but we approach every game we play with the view to trying to win it and that is all we can do.

“It is a derby game so it is going to have a little extra spice to it but we are ready for it. We will approach it the same way as any other game.”

The England Under-21 star and former Plymouth Argyle striker believes the match will have an incredible atmosphere because of the competition between the Midlands’ top two Championship sides.

He said: “All eyes will be on this fixture and we will have our fans behind us.”